Realms Beyond Chess Tournament #5

[zakalwe]

So, with Darrell out and ipecac in, we are still at 9 players, which is slightly awkward for two groups. MJW is in if we run a single group, but that doesn't solve anything.

This lost some urgency for me after I signed up for the Norwegian championship, so if everybody else is really keen to get going, I would be willing to drop out and leave you with two groups of four. I am still nominally interested, though.

[waterbat]

I'll play if you guys will have me - waterbat is chess.com name. I won't be as fast as i had been in the first tourneys, but should have no problem getting internet access (have tethering to 3G)

[ipecac]

Is there still interest in the tournament?

[zakalwe]

I'm still interested, and promise not to spend hours of thought per move.

Looks like we potentially have a full roster, so let's have everybody confirm their interest here, and then we can start.

[novice]

Still interested.

[Jkaen]

still interested, have to admit wouldn't be heartbroken if it didn't start till September (Dissertation due end August, still have 7,000 words left to write)

[Rowain]

I can't play before Aug.18th but have no problem to sit it out if it starts before.

[Gustaran]

Even though I won't have time to play myself I would like to see RB#5 finally start (so I can kibitz and post some computer analysis in spoilers which makes me look smart... ).

So, what's the deal? How about a start at the beginning of september? Can we get some reconfirmations of those still interested?
Or maybe some people who have been undecided want to jump in?

Let's get this started!

[ipecac]

Even though I won't have time to play myself I would like to see RB#5 finally start (so I can kibitz and post some computer analysis in spoilers which makes me look smart... ).

I suppose we can do a double round robin if not all the 10 players are free?

[Jkaen]

Paper finished so I have free time again now